Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Nov 2008 01:34:06 -0800 | From | "Jeff Kirsher" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] e100 driver didn't support any MII-less PHYs... |
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On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Andreas Mohr <andim2@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:34:27AM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote: >> Andreas Mohr wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:09:25PM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote: >> >> Andreas Mohr wrote: >> >>> Perhaps it's useful to file a bug/patch >> >>> on http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/ ? Perhaps -mm testing? >> >> I wanted to push this though our testing labs first which has not happened due to >> >> time constraints - that should quickly at least confirm that the most common nics >> >> work OK after the change with your patch. I'll try and see if we can get this >> >> testing done soon. >> > >> > Oh, full-scale regression testing even? Nice idea... >> > Would optionally be even better if during hardware tests one could also >> > dig out some i82503-based card (or additional MII-less cards?) >> > since I didn't really make any effort yet to try to make them all >> > recognized/supported by my patch already (would have been out of scope anyway >> > since I have this single card only). >> >> the problem is that I think that most of those (mii-less cards) are customly >> designed by OEM's that buy the silicon and glue on a different interface and we >> usually do not carry those designs in our labs apart from a few exceptions. So, I >> can at least touch the common hardware in testing, but not the exotic stuff. > > Any update on how to get this support in? (it's not available in 2.6.28-rc2) > > As it stands, I'm not the only one who would need this... > > Thanks! > > Andreas Mohr > -- >
I have a patch from Auke, which deals with the MII-less PHY's in e100. I will check on the status of the patch and either let you know the status or will be submitting a patch soon to netdev to address this issue.
-- Cheers, Jeff
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